At Restaurant (1)              Osuimono


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restaurant
resutoran    


izakaya (a common kind of Japanese bar or
restaurant, which serves food as well as drink)

izakaya    


conveyor belt sushi; sushi train (Australian English)
kaiten zushi    


beer garden
bia gaaden    


Do I need a reservation?
Yoyaku ga iri masu ka?    

Kanji translation:
yoyaku: reservation


I'd like to make a reservation.
Yoyaku wo shitai no desuga.    

yoyaku: reservation

I'd like to reserve a table for five people at 6 pm.
Roku-ji ni go-nin no yoyaku wo onegai shimasu.    

yoyaku: reservation

Kanji translation:
roku-ji: 6 o'clock

go-nin: five people


How many are in your party?
Nan-mei-sama desu ka?    

Kanji translation:
nan-mei-sama: how many people


A table for two people, please.
Futari desu.    

Kanji translation:
futari: two people


How long is the wait?
Machi-jikan wa dorekurai desu ka?    

dorekurai: how long

Kanji translation:
machi-jikan: wait (a period of time in which you wait for something to happen etc)


We'd like a table by the window.
Mado-giwa no teeburu wo onegai shimasu.    

teeburu: table

Kanji translation:
mado-giwa: by the window


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